Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians

Zielke, Rolf (Rainer)

Zielke, Rolf (Rainer), piano, composition; b. Hameln, Germany, 22 July 1964. His parents are Helmut and Margrit Zielke (Profession: Baker). Zielke studied Jazz and Classical music from 1985 - 1989 in Hannover (Jazz with O. Wolters; Classical Music with B. Goetzke). After graduating, he made concert tours through Germany, many European and Mediterranean countries, South-East Asia, to the USA, South America and Polynesia with different groups and received various music prizes.